Basket.



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BASKET. APPLICATION IILED was 28, 1912.

Patented Dec. 17, 1912.

ATTORNEYS e5. port the apertured flattened ends of a handle or hand grip6. The hook shaped ends UNITED STATES PA'rENro IoE.

EDWARD CHESTER BLACK, OF GIBSQNIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

BASKET.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it" known that I, Enwnno Crrns'rna BLACK, a citizen of the UnitedStates of America, residing at Gibsonia, in the county of Allegheny andState of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Baskets, of which the following is a'specification, reference beinghad therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to baskets,'and the primary object of myinvention is to provide a basket with a double bail that has a suitablelfandle grip.

Another object of this inventionis to provide the body of a basket witha wife reinforoement that prevents the bottom and sides of, the basketfrom breaking when the. basket ocntains a heavy load.

f basket that has theupper'edges thereof provided with a band 2.Connected to the band .2, adjacent to the ends thereof, are theh0okshaped ends 8 of bails 4 and said bails sup- 3 of the bails 4 are inthe form of open loops and the ends of the bails which terminateinsaid'open loops enter the band 2 from the inside as more clearly shownin Fig. 2. The

handle 6 permits of the basket- 1 being easily Specification of LettersPatent. Patented Dec, 17,1912, Application filed June 28.

1912. Serial No. 706,373.

carried without anydanger of the same overbalancing.

I attach considerable importance to the m iner in which the hook-shaped,ends 3 are connected to the band 2, as the bails 4 can be sw'llngdownwardly into the basket with the handle 6 upon the bottom of thebasket, thus permitting the basket being used without the bails, itbeing a well known fact that baskets, in a delivery wagon, are oftenstored one upon the other. In other wo'fds, the basket can be used forstorage purposes as well as for transporting merchandise.

Connected to the band 2, adjacent to the ends of the-bails 4, are theends 7 of reinforcing wires 8 that pass downwardly and under the bottomof the basket 1. These wires brace the sides of the basket and supportthe bottom thereof, whereby a heavy load can be safely carried in thebasket.

The ends 7 of the reinforcing wires pass between the plies of the band2, 'cofisequently the band is not weakened or apertured and the ends, ofthe reinforcing wires 8 are firmly held.

i 1 What'I claim is In combination a basket, a body portionhaving anopen top, a band connected to the top of the body portion, a pair ofspaced.

bails each having an end thereof formed into an open loop connected tothe band and extending'through the band from inside out whereby thebails can be swung downwardly within the body portion of the basket, andthe handle having apertured ends connected to haid baiL.

' In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

EDWARD CHESTER BLACK. Witnesses ,MAX II. Snonovrrz,

, K. H. BUTLER.

